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- Photo by Dehan Mayer
Dehan Mayer, who works for Bear Creek Botanicals, photographed this image of a ruby-throated hummingbird feeding on nectar from white verbena inside a greenhouse. Although it is widely known that bright colors tend to attract hummingbirds, it appears to Allison Pillow of Bear Creek that tubed blossoms are just as important.

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Hummingbirds in town: Visitors can feast on plants, enjoy feeders
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - Staff Writer
Sat,03/07/26-7:00PM , 595 Reads
Ask anyone who sells bedding plants to name flowers that are preferred by hummingbirds, and lantanas are likely to make the list.
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Pruning helps newly planted fruit trees
By FELDER RUSHING - Gardening Columnist
Sat,03/07/26-2:00AM , 154 Reads
What’s the hardest thing, psychologically, for normally reasonable gardeners to do?
For decades I have extolled folks to adopt some very straightforward and rewarding horticultural practices which, on first glance, seem counterintuitive.
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Meatballs a good comfort food; homemade is best
By LEE ANN FLEMMING - Food Columnist
Sat,03/07/26-2:00AM , 314 Reads
Food is very “trendy.” There are food fads, just as there are in fashion.
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Time change disrupts my entire routine
By PEGGY SIMS - Peggy's Ponderings
Sat,03/07/26-2:00AM , 264 Reads
Well, here we go again, DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME!
How many of you are as excited and eager as I am to have my entire routine disturbed (nearly traumatized), with adhering to moving our clocks forward one hour? Spring forward, fall back. I’d lots rather gain that hour than lose an hour.
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Greenwood, 38930, MS

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Current Temp

72°F

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Chance of Rain: 90%
Max Temp: 79°F
Min Temp: 56°F
Feels Like: 79°F
Dew Point: 63°F
Humidity: 97%
Sunrise: 7:18 AM
Sunset: 7:03 PM

Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind Direction: SSW
Wind Gust: 7 mph
Sky Cover: 94%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 63°F
Moon Rise: NA
Moon Set: 10:24 AM

Showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. South southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

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